A 34-year-old Connecticut woman was charged after she allegedly left her infant in a hot car while she went shoe shopping.

On July 18 around 4 p.m., local police and EMS responded to Elm Street in New Canaan on a report that an 11-week-old child had been left in an unoccupied Chevrolet Suburban. When officers arrived, they found Kathryn Ferguson, of Weed Street, in the driver’s seat of the car with the air conditioning on, holding the child. The baby’s face was flushed red and its hair was matted down with sweat.

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Police said Ferguson seemed calm and said she left the baby alone in the car for around 10 minutes while she shopped.

According to the arrest warrant, however, officers determined the child was left in the vehicle, which was turned off and had its windows closed, for around 48 minutes in 85 degree weather. During that time, Ferguson went to Shoes ‘N’ More where she bought two pairs of shoes and then went to get a mint lemonade at Le Pain Quotidien.

When Ferguson returned, she found the baby “screaming crying” and called 911 herself to have someone check on the child, according to the warrant. She still had her mint lemonade on her when emergency services arrived.

Ferguson and the infant were put inside the ambulance to cool down. The baby was eventually brought to Norwalk Hospital for evaluation and medically cleared.

New Canaan Police notified the state Department of Children and Families about the incident. When the police informed Ferguson and her husband, Matthew, they would be contacting DCF, “Matthew Ferguson stated ‘think about it’ multiple times, according to the warrant.

According to the warrant, the Ferguson’s have a nanny that watches their older children. Kathryn Ferguson, who needed to run errands, decided to take the baby with her. She said the 11-week-old was quiet and asleep, so she forgot the child was in the car.

During the police investigation, officers determined the child was left in the vehicle, which was turned off and had its windows closed, for around 48 minutes. According to Ferguson’s warrant, the officer on scene checked the spot where the child’s rear-facing car seat was positioned behind the driver’s seat and saw the child was directly in the sunlight. At the time of the incident, the Weather Channel indicated it was 85 degrees outside, but felt like 90 degrees and humidity was at 58 percent.

After speaking with shop employees in the area and reviewing video footage, police applied for a warrant for Ferguson, charging her with risk of injury to a child.

On Aug. 11 around 3 p.m., Ferguson turned herself in to New Canaan Police. She posted a $20,000 bond and is due in court Aug. 22.